Table 1.

Demographic predictors of mouthwash donation among women in the BWHS (2005)

Characteristic	Total analytic sample 48,986	Returned mouthwash kit 26,790	Crude RR	Age and education adjusted RR
Age (2005)
<40	10,634	48.6	1.00	1.00
40–49	16,593	52.1	1.07 (1.05, 1.10)	1.07 (1.05, 1.10)
50–59	13,921	57.7	1.19 (1.16, 1.22)	1.19 (1.16, 1.22)
60+	7,838	63.1	1.30 (1.27, 1.33)	1.30 (1.27, 1.34)
Education (years) (2003)
≤12	8,774	55.6	1.00	1.00
13–15	17,345	53.8	0.98 (0.95, 0.99)	1.00 (0.98, 1.03)
16	12,009	54.1	0.97 (0.95, 1.00)	1.02 (1.00, 1.05)
17+	10,799	56.3	1.01 (0.99, 1.04)	1.03 (1.00, 1.05)
Occupation (1995)
Professional/technical/manager/administrator	27,177	55.0	1.00	1.00
Sales/clerical/service worker	15,142	54.3	0.99 (0.97, 1.00)	1.02 (1.00, 1.05)
Other	2,096	57.3	1.04 (1.00, 1.08)	1.06 (1.01, 1.10)
Works second job (1995)
No	38,876	54.3	1.00	1.00
Yes	8,924	56.5	1.04 (1.02, 1.06)	1.05 (1.02, 1.07)
Marital status (2005)
Single	7,139	64.9	1.00	1.00
Married/living as married	15,012	64.1	0.99 (0.97, 1.01)	0.96 (0.94, 0.98)
Divorced/separated/widowed	10,919	68.2	1.05 (1.03, 1.07)	0.99 (0.97, 1.01)
Childcare/parent care responsibilities (1995)
No	25,030	54.4	1.00	1.00
Yes	23,956	55.1	1.01 (1.00, 1.03)	1.02 (1.00, 1.04)
Geographic region (2005)
Northeast	9,933	60.8	0.97 (0.95, 0.99)	0.97 (0.95, 0.99)
South	14,502	62.7	1.00	1.00
Midwest	8,964	63.8	1.02 (1.00, 1.04)	1.01 (0.99, 1.03)
West	7,181	61.2	0.98 (0.96, 1.00)	0.97 (0.95, 0.99)
Neighborhood SES score (quintiles) (2005)
1 (lowest)	8,786	57.1	1.00	1.00
2	8,981	54.9	0.96 (0.94, 0.99)	0.96 (0.94, 0.99)
3	9,070	53.8	0.94 (0.92, 0.97)	0.95 (0.92, 0.97)
4	9,152	54.2	0.95 (0.92, 0.97)	0.95 (0.93, 0.98)
5 (highest)	9,229	54.0	0.95 (0.92, 0.97)	0.94 (0.92, 0.97)